"It was obvious that this was not an Anglo-Saxon: he was too gay, too dirty, too unreserved and in his little eyes was such a mellow comprehension of all the sins and the delights of life. He was drinking rapidly one glass of beer after another, smoking a long, curved pipe, and beaming contentedly on the world. The woman with him wore a black coat and skirt; she had her back to us. I said: 'Who's the happy man in the corner? I've never seen him before.'"
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Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys, CBE (/riΛs/ REESS; born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 β 14 May 1979) was a novelist who was born on Dominica and from the age of 16 on resided mainly in England.
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